Thanks again for the replies, they made me realize I might need 3 storage options rather than two, if I made certain decisions. I have already made my purchase decision as to the backpack, one with which I am absolutely pleased:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1498...l_Backpack.htmlMy basic concern is the fact I live in Florida and so high humidity is an ever-present factor here. I do not want to leave my equipment in anything less than something that can be counted on 100% to keep the humidity and moisture
out while my equipment is in there not being used.
The idea of putting my equipment in a gun case was brought up here, and that seemed like an outstanding idea. However, if I decided to go that route, I would need to buy a 3rd hard travel case, or I suppose I could just use the backpack. Yet if I went ahead and just bought a superb hard case to begin with, I wouldn't need the gun case, and could travel with such a hard case instead (which would be impossible with the former). I like the idea better of protecting my equipment during travel in a hard case, until such point as I wanted to transfer to the backpack.
I am planning on visiting my folks in CA next summer, and hope to have basic camera set by then, from which point we are going to travel to Northern CA and take many coastal and nature photos during the summertime. But before I go buying cameras and lenses, just to leave them laying around the house, I thought it would be smart to first make sure I had the proper
places to put them to keep them dry and safe in this climate over here.
I am not a pencil-neck, so I am not worried about a hard case being "lightweight" to make it possible for me to carry. If the day ever comes where I can't pick up a case containing a camera and a few lenses, I will simply hang myself
My primary concern is to have the case be
airtight and
humidity-proof, when containing my quipment, and therefore a legitimately safe place to keep said equipment when living in a very humid climate. If that means buying a heavy case, then the heavy case is my preferance.
Thanks again for the responses,
Jack
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